More Religious Groups Back Employee Free Choice

by James Parks, Mar 30, 2009

Many religious leaders throughout the country have directly experienced working with women and men struggling for a voice on the job, fair wages and benefits, and security for their families. The Employee Free Choice Act will allow workers real freedom to form and join unions without fear or intimidation—a big reason why the list of religious supporters for the bill keeps growing.

The latest to sign on in support of the Employee Free Choice Act include a wide diversity of religious beliefs. The range of faiths represented illustrates the widespread support for the bill, which is backed by 73 percent of Americans.

For example, the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, which represents more than 100,000 local congregations and 45 million persons in the United States, has endorsed the bill.  

Sojourners/Call to Renewal, the national faith-based movement for social justice and an end to poverty, has come out in support of Employee Free Choice.

 Both the Muslim American Society Freedom (MAS Freedom) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council also have joined the fight to allow workers to decide for themselves how to choose a union.

The Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) also is behind the bill, saying in its statement of support that “for workers who decide to unionize, the current law is stacked against them.” Click here to sign JLC’s petition supporting the bill. 

  Other groups to recently announce support for the bill are:

• Center of Concern; 
• Irish Apostolate USA; 
• Lutheran Volunteer Corps;
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; and
• Nebraskans for Peace.

Click here for a complete list of who’s backing the Employee Free Choice Act.

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